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Honda ya like Datsun?
Deputies truck in style
By Jim Price
ftUssonrian staff writer
Boone County sheriff's deputies who
were talking about resigning a month
ago have reconsidered and are
patroling the county in vehicles ranging
from sports cars to four- wheel- dri- ve
pickups.
Capt. Bill Whitehead, chief deputy of
the Boone County Sheriff's Depart-ment,
said be does not expect
any deputies to resign as long as the
County Court reimburses them fully for
mileage.
Whitehead had expressed concern
last month that as many as five
deputies might resign because the
County Court voted to no longer supply
county- owne- d cars for the department
The court voted instead to reimburse
the deputies IS cents a mile for using
their personal cars on patrol. But the
court also set a monthly budget ceiling ,
that limited the deputies to 137 6
kilometers ( 86 miles) a day.
Sheriff Jack Meyer, however, said in
January he would not limit the number
of miles the deputies could drive on
county law enforcement business, and
he promised to turn in for reim-bursement
all legitimate mileage
vouchers from the deputies. If the
County Court refused to pay for the
mileage, Meyer said he would take the
issue to Circuit Court.
Whitehead said Tuesday the deputies
have decided to adopt a " wait and see"
attitude and stay with the department
as long as their mileage is not limited
and they are fully reimbursed He said
two of the deputies had found other
jobs, but they turned them down.
If the County Court refuses to pay for
all the deputies' mileage, however,
( See DEPUTIES, Page 16)
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BaibPumet Kenny Baumann's Honda, Danny Spry's pickup and Terry Ehram's Datsun all are " patrol cars"
Insight
Health care
real burden
for many
National insurance
remains an issue
with some critics
By David Avery
Missourian staff writer
In November 1975, a 16- year-- old
youth from Falcon was operated on for
a rare blood disease called aplastic
anemia. Dennis Wilson died Jan. 21
while doctors were determining
whether he could recover. His father,
Wilburn Wilson, who was unemployed
during much of Dennis' illness, faces
more than $ 20,000 in medical expenses.
The Wilson family has no health in-surance
coverage. It faces what many
other rural mid- Misso- uri families
possibly could face an expensive
illness with no means of financial
protection.
Health care costs are rising. The cost
of health care across the nation has in-creased
10 per cent while the cost of
other consumer services have in-creased
only 7 per cent
As a result, health insurance prices
are increasing, too. Fewer families are
able to afford individual policies, and
group plans often are not available to
them
For the last several years, Congress
has considered a number of national
health insurance programs, each of
which could provide some health
coverage for all Americans
What does national health insurance
mean to people in rural Missouri?
Joe S. Greathouse, hospital director
at the University Medical Center, said
the largest unprotected segment of the
population is that with incomes just
above Medicare level. Health care
costs hit these persons the hardest. He
said most rural Missounans fall into
this category.
He also said the largest percentage of
persons in rural Missouri are self- employ- ed
and either are not protected
by group plans or cannot afford in-dividual
coverage.
Greathouse said he believes national
health insurance is imminent, although
probably not until late 1978 at the
earliest. President Ford said in his
State of the Union Address that he will
not recommend such a plan until the
nation's economy is healthier, although
Republicans and Democrats express
strong support for some type of plan.
For the past four decades, the federal
government has considered the idea of
national health coverage, but only in
the past four years have rising health
care costs led to a stronger effort for
legislation.
During that time, about 15 programs
have been proposed, and many still are
being considered by Congress A mem-ber
of the Washington staff of Sen
Abraham Ribicoff, D- Con- n., said the
two bills under major consideration are
one presented by Sen. Russell B Long,
D- L- a., and Ribicoff and one proposed
be Sen. Edward Kennedy, D- Ma- ss. He
said the Long- Ribico- ff bill is most likely
to pass because it is the least expensive.
1 ( See TAXPAYERS, Page 16)
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Greg Harris, Mr. Hatch Hall 1976, " struts
his stuff" before the judges in a star--
spangled bathing suit. ( Missourian photo by
SaUie Bright)
Blond muscles wayyto title
By Mark Fitzpatrick
Missourian staff writer
Greg Harris, a blond, blue- eye- d
freshman from St Louis, swept the
competition Thursday night in the
first " Mr. Hatch Hall" pageant at
the University's Bingham cafeteria
Harris said he was speechless
when his victory was announced " I
just don't know what to say I knew
whatever happened would be fun no
matter what the outcome was "
Ten minutes later, master of
ceremonies Debbie Edmonds escor-ted
Hams down the aisle as he held
a bouquet of beauty red roses The
only things missing were tears and
Bert Parks.
The pageant was the brainchild of
the fourth floor women of Schurz
Hall, the women's residence hall ad-joining
Hatch. Ellyn Domke,
program director for the fourth
floor, said the idea came up about
three weeks ago during dinner.
" A bunch of the girls were sitting
around dinner and trying to figure
out who the best looking guy in Hat-ch
Hall was," Domke said. " We
came up with the idea of the
pageant, and our resident assistant
thought it would be great "
Kathy Flanagan, another fourth
floor resident, said she had a dif-ferent
reason for wanting the con-test
" We were all getting tired of wat-ching
these beauty pageants on TV,
and thought how nice it would be to
get back at the guys The guys took it
pretty seriously, though, and gave a
lot of support."
Next to the tense moments
surrounding the announcement of
the winner, the highlight of the
evening was the swimsuit com-petition
involving all 21 of the con-testants
Amid wolf whistles and
laughter, the contestants marched
One entrant sport-ed
a white diaper
with a red heart,
saying ' Mom' on
his derriere
down the aisle in the latest fashions
from the California beaches and the
Columbia gyms One entrant spor-ted
a white diaper with a red heart,
saying " Mom " on his derriere
Harris won the title on the
strength of his performance in the
talent phase of the contest He sang
a number from the musical " Li'l Ab- ne- r"
titled " Naturally Me," which
brought several oohs and aahs from
the crowd of some 700 persons
Ten finalists then were named for
the evening wear competition, and
the " beauties" had a choice of per-forming
a talent or answering a
question.
Talents ranged from an electric
guitar performance by Tom Noonan
to a baboon imitation by Rick Coan
Jim Schoeberl, first runner- u- p,
said he was not disappointed by the
outcome " Even though I came
close, it was really a lot of fun I hope
they do it again next year "
For his efforts, Hams won a free,
chaufferrred date with the woman of
his choice As to whom he would
take, Harris said, " I think I'll just
keep the girls in suspense "
Schoeberl received a recording of
" You Sexy Thing" for second place
Several members of Hatch's
seventh floor said they had at-tempted
to distribute a resolution of
protest against the event, but not
enough person? would sign it
" I think this is insane," said Kelly
Klamen " I don't really go for all
this women's lib stuff. We just wan-ted
to show we were land of against
it"
When asked why he bothered to
show up, Klamen said, " ' Cause I
think it's awful funny ' '
Other male members of the
audience said they thought the con-test
was a good thing Brad Hoss, 211
Waugh St , described the
proceedings as " fantastic "
" My girlfriend lives in Schurz and
I thought I'd come and see the
pageant I really think it's great
These girls are always getting the
recognition for their looks, and it's
time we guys got some."
County Court
6yes' vote likely
on P& Z changes
ByAlanBavley
Missourian staff writer
Both County Court associate judges
said Thursday they will vote " yes" to
most, if not all, of the revisions to the
-- planning and zoning regulations ap-proved
by the Planning and Zoning
Commission
The court's vote may come as soon as
next week, Southern District Judge
Carolyn Lathrop said.
Northern District Judge Clarence
Drew said he will vote in favor of the
revisions as soon as the three court
judges " can get together in one place "
Lathrop said she would vote for the
majority of the revisions as they stand,
but that she still was uncertain how she
would vote on changes in the mobile
home park regulations
Lathrop said that although the
current mobile home park regulations
are too strict, the revisions may have
made them too lenient She said she will
check city mobile home ordinances
before deciding
The Planning and Zoning Com-mission'
public hearing Tuesday night
fulfilled the court's obligation to hold a
public hearing before voting on the
revisions, County Clerk Murray
Glascock said
The commission approved revisions
in zoning, subdivision and mobile home
park regulations at the Tuesday
hearing. Court approval is needed for
the revisions to become law.
Presiding Judge Bob Brown said he is
reserving judgment on his vote. " I will
vote on the revisions at a public
meeting, I will not vote on them in an
interview with a reporter," he said
Brown held out the possibility the
court may hold another public hearing
before voting on the revisions
In other zoning matters, the court
Thursday followed a recommendation
made at the commission's Feb 19
meeting by denying Charles M
Harrington, 2400 Green Valley Dnve, a
change in zoning of 32 hectares ( 80
acres) of wooded land near Clark from
( See COUNTY, Page 16)
Liberals are hungry,
see Carter as entree
By R. W. Apple Jr.
N. Y. Times News Service
BOSTON The first signs of a " stop- Carte- r"
effort have emerged among
liberal Democrats as a result of former
Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter's triumph
in New Hampshire two days ago
Both in Massachusetts, which hold its
presidential primary Tuesday, and in
Washington, where many liberal ac-tivists
consider the Georgian a threat to
their dominance, Carter is coming un-der
increasing attack
Sen. Birch Bayh, D -- Ind , said at a
Boston news conference Thursday that
Carter " stands for the wrong things "
He accused him of " running around the
country peddling Republican prin-ciples."
Sen Henry M. Jackson, D- Wa- sh
, said Carter was " threatening
the destruction of the working and middle-
- class American family "
On Wednesday, Rep Morns K Udall,
D- A- nz, criticized Carter's stand on
busing and proposed that liberals unite
behind the liberal candidate with the
highest finish m Massachusetts Bayh
and other candidates rejected the idea
Udall and others denied the existence
of an organized " stop- Carte- r"
movement, and there was no sign of
any secret agreement by those opposed
to the Georgian to act in concert
Nonetheless, the effort of the spate of
attacks upon Carter, both public and
private, is intended to put him on the
defensive with the important liberal
wing of his party.
In Washington, the liberal establish-ment
that amorphous but powerful
collection of lawyers, politicians, lob-byists
and journalists suddenly has
begun to take the Carter candidacy
seriously By and large, it does not like
what it sees
Expressions of alarm at the
possibility of a Carter's nomination also
came at the mid- wint- er meeting of the
National Governors' Conference last
weekend in Washington
Carter said in an interview aboard his
campaign plane, that the " non- electe- d
professional politicians of Washington"
feared his nomination
" They fear that someone who is not
their candidate," he said, " might ac-tually
become the next president"
School tax for costs; bonds for buildings
K By Mary Dalhelm
H Missourian staff writer
li Columbia voters will be asked to pass
H the last in a series of eight bond issues
m and to approve a 44- ce- nt school tax rate
H increase In Tuesday's special school
g referendum. B Both proposals involve school finance
gj and require two- thir- ds voter approval. H But there the similarities end. H The 12.5 million capital im- -
H provements bond issue will not raise
B9 taxes. B Should it pass, it would be the eighth B bond issue approved by Columbia in
eight consecutive years
Completion of Rock Bridge High
School's west wing and remodeling
projects at Hickman High School and
Benton, Lee and Douglass elementary
schools are among the projects that
would be funded. " This should be the
last request made for several years,"
Ray Lewis, school board president
said.
The 44- ce- nt tax increase would raise
the tax rate to $ 4 79 from $ 4 35 per $ 100
assessed valuation to cover increasing
operational costs.
Of those 44 cents, 23 cents would go
for teachers' salaries, 17 cents for in
flated utility costs, custodial services
and building operations and 4 cents for
new instructional equipment
The increase would generate $ 1.27
million per year, raising the total an-nual
budget to $ 13.27 million.
The last increase, approved by
Columbia voters in April 1970 raised the
rate 42 cents. The increase required a
50 per cent voter approval.
In July, the school board asked for
an additional 38- ce- nt hike. This
proposal, needing a two- thir- ds
majority, failed when it gained only 59.6
per cent of the vote, said Hank Fischer,
assistant to the school superintendent
Fischer said this did not make the
school board or the advisory committee
hesitate to propose another increase
" The deciding factors for a tax increase
were that there was a need for ad-ditional
funds," he said
" We are hopeful that the levy will
pass. We know it is difficult for people
to look at any kind of tax increase right
now. But it is our only source of funds.
We hope people understand this,"
Fischer said.
Lewis said, " The tax raise is ab-solutely
necessary. We ( school board
members) don't like to raise our own
taxes. But there is no choice "
Last year, the General Assembly
repealed the intangible property tax on
household goods, but did not replace
these taxes with revenues from other
sources. This cost Missouri public
schools $ 20 million m lost revenue,
Lewis said.
Partly because of this, the school
board implemented an " austerity
budget" last year, reducing by 13 the
number of teachers, as well as cutting
back five buses, two- thir- ds of school
field trips and $ 80,000 from the
maintenance budget
Teachers received a two per cent
token raise bringing the base salary to
$ 7,700. The median base salary for
teachers in AAA schools in Missouri is
$ 7,950, Robert Shaw, school superin-tendent
said.
The bond issue and tax levy will ap-pear
on the same ballot because they
both need to be voted on now, Harold
Steere, assistant superintendent of
curriculum, said. " Also, if we held
separate elections there is greater ten-dency
for people to confuse the two
issues."

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Honda ya like Datsun?
Deputies truck in style
By Jim Price
ftUssonrian staff writer
Boone County sheriff's deputies who
were talking about resigning a month
ago have reconsidered and are
patroling the county in vehicles ranging
from sports cars to four- wheel- dri- ve
pickups.
Capt. Bill Whitehead, chief deputy of
the Boone County Sheriff's Depart-ment,
said be does not expect
any deputies to resign as long as the
County Court reimburses them fully for
mileage.
Whitehead had expressed concern
last month that as many as five
deputies might resign because the
County Court voted to no longer supply
county- owne- d cars for the department
The court voted instead to reimburse
the deputies IS cents a mile for using
their personal cars on patrol. But the
court also set a monthly budget ceiling ,
that limited the deputies to 137 6
kilometers ( 86 miles) a day.
Sheriff Jack Meyer, however, said in
January he would not limit the number
of miles the deputies could drive on
county law enforcement business, and
he promised to turn in for reim-bursement
all legitimate mileage
vouchers from the deputies. If the
County Court refused to pay for the
mileage, Meyer said he would take the
issue to Circuit Court.
Whitehead said Tuesday the deputies
have decided to adopt a " wait and see"
attitude and stay with the department
as long as their mileage is not limited
and they are fully reimbursed He said
two of the deputies had found other
jobs, but they turned them down.
If the County Court refuses to pay for
all the deputies' mileage, however,
( See DEPUTIES, Page 16)
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BaibPumet Kenny Baumann's Honda, Danny Spry's pickup and Terry Ehram's Datsun all are " patrol cars"
Insight
Health care
real burden
for many
National insurance
remains an issue
with some critics
By David Avery
Missourian staff writer
In November 1975, a 16- year-- old
youth from Falcon was operated on for
a rare blood disease called aplastic
anemia. Dennis Wilson died Jan. 21
while doctors were determining
whether he could recover. His father,
Wilburn Wilson, who was unemployed
during much of Dennis' illness, faces
more than $ 20,000 in medical expenses.
The Wilson family has no health in-surance
coverage. It faces what many
other rural mid- Misso- uri families
possibly could face an expensive
illness with no means of financial
protection.
Health care costs are rising. The cost
of health care across the nation has in-creased
10 per cent while the cost of
other consumer services have in-creased
only 7 per cent
As a result, health insurance prices
are increasing, too. Fewer families are
able to afford individual policies, and
group plans often are not available to
them
For the last several years, Congress
has considered a number of national
health insurance programs, each of
which could provide some health
coverage for all Americans
What does national health insurance
mean to people in rural Missouri?
Joe S. Greathouse, hospital director
at the University Medical Center, said
the largest unprotected segment of the
population is that with incomes just
above Medicare level. Health care
costs hit these persons the hardest. He
said most rural Missounans fall into
this category.
He also said the largest percentage of
persons in rural Missouri are self- employ- ed
and either are not protected
by group plans or cannot afford in-dividual
coverage.
Greathouse said he believes national
health insurance is imminent, although
probably not until late 1978 at the
earliest. President Ford said in his
State of the Union Address that he will
not recommend such a plan until the
nation's economy is healthier, although
Republicans and Democrats express
strong support for some type of plan.
For the past four decades, the federal
government has considered the idea of
national health coverage, but only in
the past four years have rising health
care costs led to a stronger effort for
legislation.
During that time, about 15 programs
have been proposed, and many still are
being considered by Congress A mem-ber
of the Washington staff of Sen
Abraham Ribicoff, D- Con- n., said the
two bills under major consideration are
one presented by Sen. Russell B Long,
D- L- a., and Ribicoff and one proposed
be Sen. Edward Kennedy, D- Ma- ss. He
said the Long- Ribico- ff bill is most likely
to pass because it is the least expensive.
1 ( See TAXPAYERS, Page 16)
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Greg Harris, Mr. Hatch Hall 1976, " struts
his stuff" before the judges in a star--
spangled bathing suit. ( Missourian photo by
SaUie Bright)
Blond muscles wayyto title
By Mark Fitzpatrick
Missourian staff writer
Greg Harris, a blond, blue- eye- d
freshman from St Louis, swept the
competition Thursday night in the
first " Mr. Hatch Hall" pageant at
the University's Bingham cafeteria
Harris said he was speechless
when his victory was announced " I
just don't know what to say I knew
whatever happened would be fun no
matter what the outcome was "
Ten minutes later, master of
ceremonies Debbie Edmonds escor-ted
Hams down the aisle as he held
a bouquet of beauty red roses The
only things missing were tears and
Bert Parks.
The pageant was the brainchild of
the fourth floor women of Schurz
Hall, the women's residence hall ad-joining
Hatch. Ellyn Domke,
program director for the fourth
floor, said the idea came up about
three weeks ago during dinner.
" A bunch of the girls were sitting
around dinner and trying to figure
out who the best looking guy in Hat-ch
Hall was," Domke said. " We
came up with the idea of the
pageant, and our resident assistant
thought it would be great "
Kathy Flanagan, another fourth
floor resident, said she had a dif-ferent
reason for wanting the con-test
" We were all getting tired of wat-ching
these beauty pageants on TV,
and thought how nice it would be to
get back at the guys The guys took it
pretty seriously, though, and gave a
lot of support."
Next to the tense moments
surrounding the announcement of
the winner, the highlight of the
evening was the swimsuit com-petition
involving all 21 of the con-testants
Amid wolf whistles and
laughter, the contestants marched
One entrant sport-ed
a white diaper
with a red heart,
saying ' Mom' on
his derriere
down the aisle in the latest fashions
from the California beaches and the
Columbia gyms One entrant spor-ted
a white diaper with a red heart,
saying " Mom " on his derriere
Harris won the title on the
strength of his performance in the
talent phase of the contest He sang
a number from the musical " Li'l Ab- ne- r"
titled " Naturally Me," which
brought several oohs and aahs from
the crowd of some 700 persons
Ten finalists then were named for
the evening wear competition, and
the " beauties" had a choice of per-forming
a talent or answering a
question.
Talents ranged from an electric
guitar performance by Tom Noonan
to a baboon imitation by Rick Coan
Jim Schoeberl, first runner- u- p,
said he was not disappointed by the
outcome " Even though I came
close, it was really a lot of fun I hope
they do it again next year "
For his efforts, Hams won a free,
chaufferrred date with the woman of
his choice As to whom he would
take, Harris said, " I think I'll just
keep the girls in suspense "
Schoeberl received a recording of
" You Sexy Thing" for second place
Several members of Hatch's
seventh floor said they had at-tempted
to distribute a resolution of
protest against the event, but not
enough person? would sign it
" I think this is insane," said Kelly
Klamen " I don't really go for all
this women's lib stuff. We just wan-ted
to show we were land of against
it"
When asked why he bothered to
show up, Klamen said, " ' Cause I
think it's awful funny ' '
Other male members of the
audience said they thought the con-test
was a good thing Brad Hoss, 211
Waugh St , described the
proceedings as " fantastic "
" My girlfriend lives in Schurz and
I thought I'd come and see the
pageant I really think it's great
These girls are always getting the
recognition for their looks, and it's
time we guys got some."
County Court
6yes' vote likely
on P& Z changes
ByAlanBavley
Missourian staff writer
Both County Court associate judges
said Thursday they will vote " yes" to
most, if not all, of the revisions to the
-- planning and zoning regulations ap-proved
by the Planning and Zoning
Commission
The court's vote may come as soon as
next week, Southern District Judge
Carolyn Lathrop said.
Northern District Judge Clarence
Drew said he will vote in favor of the
revisions as soon as the three court
judges " can get together in one place "
Lathrop said she would vote for the
majority of the revisions as they stand,
but that she still was uncertain how she
would vote on changes in the mobile
home park regulations
Lathrop said that although the
current mobile home park regulations
are too strict, the revisions may have
made them too lenient She said she will
check city mobile home ordinances
before deciding
The Planning and Zoning Com-mission'
public hearing Tuesday night
fulfilled the court's obligation to hold a
public hearing before voting on the
revisions, County Clerk Murray
Glascock said
The commission approved revisions
in zoning, subdivision and mobile home
park regulations at the Tuesday
hearing. Court approval is needed for
the revisions to become law.
Presiding Judge Bob Brown said he is
reserving judgment on his vote. " I will
vote on the revisions at a public
meeting, I will not vote on them in an
interview with a reporter," he said
Brown held out the possibility the
court may hold another public hearing
before voting on the revisions
In other zoning matters, the court
Thursday followed a recommendation
made at the commission's Feb 19
meeting by denying Charles M
Harrington, 2400 Green Valley Dnve, a
change in zoning of 32 hectares ( 80
acres) of wooded land near Clark from
( See COUNTY, Page 16)
Liberals are hungry,
see Carter as entree
By R. W. Apple Jr.
N. Y. Times News Service
BOSTON The first signs of a " stop- Carte- r"
effort have emerged among
liberal Democrats as a result of former
Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter's triumph
in New Hampshire two days ago
Both in Massachusetts, which hold its
presidential primary Tuesday, and in
Washington, where many liberal ac-tivists
consider the Georgian a threat to
their dominance, Carter is coming un-der
increasing attack
Sen. Birch Bayh, D -- Ind , said at a
Boston news conference Thursday that
Carter " stands for the wrong things "
He accused him of " running around the
country peddling Republican prin-ciples."
Sen Henry M. Jackson, D- Wa- sh
, said Carter was " threatening
the destruction of the working and middle-
- class American family "
On Wednesday, Rep Morns K Udall,
D- A- nz, criticized Carter's stand on
busing and proposed that liberals unite
behind the liberal candidate with the
highest finish m Massachusetts Bayh
and other candidates rejected the idea
Udall and others denied the existence
of an organized " stop- Carte- r"
movement, and there was no sign of
any secret agreement by those opposed
to the Georgian to act in concert
Nonetheless, the effort of the spate of
attacks upon Carter, both public and
private, is intended to put him on the
defensive with the important liberal
wing of his party.
In Washington, the liberal establish-ment
that amorphous but powerful
collection of lawyers, politicians, lob-byists
and journalists suddenly has
begun to take the Carter candidacy
seriously By and large, it does not like
what it sees
Expressions of alarm at the
possibility of a Carter's nomination also
came at the mid- wint- er meeting of the
National Governors' Conference last
weekend in Washington
Carter said in an interview aboard his
campaign plane, that the " non- electe- d
professional politicians of Washington"
feared his nomination
" They fear that someone who is not
their candidate," he said, " might ac-tually
become the next president"
School tax for costs; bonds for buildings
K By Mary Dalhelm
H Missourian staff writer
li Columbia voters will be asked to pass
H the last in a series of eight bond issues
m and to approve a 44- ce- nt school tax rate
H increase In Tuesday's special school
g referendum. B Both proposals involve school finance
gj and require two- thir- ds voter approval. H But there the similarities end. H The 12.5 million capital im- -
H provements bond issue will not raise
B9 taxes. B Should it pass, it would be the eighth B bond issue approved by Columbia in
eight consecutive years
Completion of Rock Bridge High
School's west wing and remodeling
projects at Hickman High School and
Benton, Lee and Douglass elementary
schools are among the projects that
would be funded. " This should be the
last request made for several years,"
Ray Lewis, school board president
said.
The 44- ce- nt tax increase would raise
the tax rate to $ 4 79 from $ 4 35 per $ 100
assessed valuation to cover increasing
operational costs.
Of those 44 cents, 23 cents would go
for teachers' salaries, 17 cents for in
flated utility costs, custodial services
and building operations and 4 cents for
new instructional equipment
The increase would generate $ 1.27
million per year, raising the total an-nual
budget to $ 13.27 million.
The last increase, approved by
Columbia voters in April 1970 raised the
rate 42 cents. The increase required a
50 per cent voter approval.
In July, the school board asked for
an additional 38- ce- nt hike. This
proposal, needing a two- thir- ds
majority, failed when it gained only 59.6
per cent of the vote, said Hank Fischer,
assistant to the school superintendent
Fischer said this did not make the
school board or the advisory committee
hesitate to propose another increase
" The deciding factors for a tax increase
were that there was a need for ad-ditional
funds," he said
" We are hopeful that the levy will
pass. We know it is difficult for people
to look at any kind of tax increase right
now. But it is our only source of funds.
We hope people understand this,"
Fischer said.
Lewis said, " The tax raise is ab-solutely
necessary. We ( school board
members) don't like to raise our own
taxes. But there is no choice "
Last year, the General Assembly
repealed the intangible property tax on
household goods, but did not replace
these taxes with revenues from other
sources. This cost Missouri public
schools $ 20 million m lost revenue,
Lewis said.
Partly because of this, the school
board implemented an " austerity
budget" last year, reducing by 13 the
number of teachers, as well as cutting
back five buses, two- thir- ds of school
field trips and $ 80,000 from the
maintenance budget
Teachers received a two per cent
token raise bringing the base salary to
$ 7,700. The median base salary for
teachers in AAA schools in Missouri is
$ 7,950, Robert Shaw, school superin-tendent
said.
The bond issue and tax levy will ap-pear
on the same ballot because they
both need to be voted on now, Harold
Steere, assistant superintendent of
curriculum, said. " Also, if we held
separate elections there is greater ten-dency
for people to confuse the two
issues."